Warren County Courthouse and Circuit Court Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“Warren County Courthouse and Circuit Court Building were two historic government buildings and a national historic district located at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri. They were two brick hipped roofed buildings.”
Wikipedia article Warren County Courthouse and Circuit Court Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 1972 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Main St., Warrenton, 63383
When was it listed? March 1972
Category. district
Township. South Elkhorn township
National Register reference number. 72000733 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Warren County Courthouse and Circuit Court Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
3 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 September 1992	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	127130-10952-08042015-1406
26 July 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 May 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 May 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 May 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 April 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 128 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 128 workings within 5 miles of Warren County Courthouse and Circuit Court Building: 126 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
(Facility) Warrenton Copper Refinery	Copper	Plant
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Missouri Limestone Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Andrew Lepp Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Fahrmeyer Pit #2	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this property

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warrenton, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 38 thunderstorm wind, 36 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	$30,000	Thunderstorm winds peeled off a portion of a flat roof on Daniel Boone Elementary School in the Warren County R-III School District.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	$2,000	Wind gusts blew car windows out along County Road A.
April 1998	Tornado (F0)	Warrenton	$500	no account filed
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	$200	The county sheriff reported numerous large trees down over the southern part of the county at 1750 CST. A weather spotter also reported large trees down in Warrenton several minutes later.
September 2023	Hail	Warrenton	-	An intensifying discrete thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail along I-70 in Warren County. This storm went on to produce up to golf ball sized hail just after crossing the border into St. Charles County.
March 2019	Hail	Warrenton	-	Via Twitter and Snapchat videos of hail covering I-70 west of Warrenton. At least one inch stones were seen on camera.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines around town. A couple of the fallen tree limbs caused minor roof damage to several buildings.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of trees onto Highway U.
April 2015	Hail	Warrenton	-	Numerous reports of large hail between Warrenton and Innsbrook.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm wind blew the roof off of a mobile home and knocked down several large trees and power lines.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs around town. A couple of the limbs pulled down some power lines.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Warrenton	-	Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Highway 94 and Highway B in southwestern Warren County.
September 2012	Hail	Warrenton	-	Hail up to tennis ball size fell across Warrenton. The large hail broke several windows.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down two large trees in town.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, tree limbs and power lines. One tree fell onto an unoccupied car in Warrenton causing major damage.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm winds caused quite a bit of damage around town. It blew off part of the roof of a commercial real estate building near the intersection of Highway 47 and Veterans Memorial Parkway. Also, numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. The winds blew the roof off of a bank and the accompanying rains caused substantial damage inside the building. A few trees and tree limbs landed on homes causing minor to moderate roof damage. One tree landed on a car in the Taco Bell drive through. The driver was not injured.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, tree limbs and power lines around town.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree which knocked down a power line as it fell.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down from Warrenton to east of Wright City.
March 2006	Tornado (F0)	Warrenton	-	The tornado that formed in Montgomery County in Jonesburg around Midnight CST March 13, continued into Warren County. The tornado moved through mostly forest area west of Highway A along Camp Creek causing tree damage before dissipating.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Several large trees were blown down.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Several large tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Several large trees were down just south of I-70 and just east of Highway 47.
January 2005	Hail	Warrenton	-	Amateur radio spotters reported 3/4 inch hail just south of Warrenton.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Amateur radio spotters reported several small trees down.
September 2005	Lightning	Warrenton	-	Lightning was believed to be the cause for 2 house fires in Warrenton. One home in the 2200 block of Highway U was destroyed. The other home in the 1600 block of Highway W had fire damage in the attic and smoke damage throughout the rest of the home.
May 2004	Hail	Warrenton	-	Storm spotters reported nickel size hail.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	The County Sheriff reported several large trees down on Highway U south of Warrenton.
April 2001	Hail	Warrenton	-	The State Highway Patrol reported golf ball size hail along I-70 west of Warrenton.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some power lines in Warrenton.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	The Sheriff Department reported trees and power lines down throughout town.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	The County Sheriff reported trees down blocking some roads in Warrenton.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Storm spotters reported several large trees down in Warrenton.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Amateur radio spotters reported trees down along Highway 47.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	Amateur radio spotters reported trees down alone Route W just north of Interstate 70.
April 1998	Hail	Warrenton	-	Golfball size hail was reported in Warrenton.
April 1998	Hail	Warrenton	-	A severe storm spotter reported golf-ball size hail.
April 1995	Hail	Warrenton	-	Hail reached three-quarters inch in diameter south of Warrenton.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	The Missouri Highway Patrol reported power poles and lines down on County Road A north of Interstate 70. Ham Radio spotters reported power lines and trees down at New Truxton. Wind gusts to 58 mph were reported north of Warrenton a few minutes later.
April 2026	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	no account filed
March 2020	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
April 2015	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Warrenton	-	no account filed
January 2012	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Warrenton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Ernst Schowengerdt House	0.3 miles	1980
	Southwestern Bell Repeater Station-Wright City	5.8 miles	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 72000733 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Warren County	All 10 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.